How to Use get by in a Sentence

get by

verb

• At first, Benn tried to get by with a quick wave to the crowd while still seated.
  — Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2023
• In terms of performance, the Raider has enough to get by, but none to spare.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 1 July 2023
• Many workers scaled back their time spent on the job and did just enough to get by.
  — Karen Turner, Quartz, 19 July 2023
• And some soldiers still sell blood on Cache Road to get by.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
• The latter gets by with some tricks of the light and clever use of projections.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
• Not sure how much longer westbound will be able to get by!
  — Kenneth Singletary, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• Both as a friend and as someone who was struggling to get by.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
• To get by, Frost worked as an Uber driver at night, in a yellow Kia Soul, a gig that helped pay the bills.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• Forced to sell cigarettes on the street to get by, the 56-year-old blacksmith is angry.
  — Nabih Bulos and A Times Special Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• Miley Cyrus gets by with a little help from her gay best friends.
  — Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
• The father of four — three still live at home — is making $15.50 an hour, hardly enough to get by.
  — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• And there are signs that some Americans are struggling to get by.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
• As a wiry shooting guard who topped out at 6-foot-4, Sir’Jabari Rice often has to get by with guile and subterfuge.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Jan. 2023
• Coming off the final turn of the race, Goodyear sized up Unser and made a move to the inside, but couldn't get by before the finish line.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2022
• Miguel Meneses and his wife were struggling to get by when the pandemic hit.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• Matty Healy is getting by with a little help from his friends.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• That year, Lee quit his job to become Megan’s full-time coach, leaving the family to get by on Nou’s salary alone.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• For the first year after the split, Huy Fong got by on stockpiled mash and Mexican chilies, which were cheap because of a glut.
  — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• Many people get by on the food that remains after others leave.
  — Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• After that, the poor man gets by, barely, as a tinkerer with a pawnshop.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• Broke and getting by as a studio assistant in New York, her work pants were a low-stakes canvas.
  — Ferron Salniker, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Well, Jed moves off to Beverly Hills and leaves his dirt-farming brother back on the side of a mountain, struggling to get by.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Put some cash in the pockets of seniors who can’t get by on $500 a month in Social Security.
  — Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
• Where a family with three cars could get by with two, and a family with two cars might manage with just one?
  — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
• Many actors, who’ve always relied on side hustles and day jobs to get by, had much to gain by going out on strike.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• One of the main concerns for city officials was keeping enough space on sidewalks for people to get by.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
• These are very human stories about people just trying to get by.
  — Chris Vognar, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Before breaking out on The Wire, Elba had a lot of odd jobs to get by, including selling weed.
  — EW.com, 18 Apr. 2024
• Lined up at split end, Etienne quickly got by a zone defender near the sideline.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2023
• Graham says her income isn’t really enough to get by on.
  — al, 9 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024